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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an on-site physician and disclosure of physician |
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information at a freestanding emergency medical care facility. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 254.001, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subdivision (5-a) to read as follows: |
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(5-a) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice |
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medicine in this state. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 254, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Sections 254.1535 and 254.1565 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 254.1535. ON-SITE PHYSICIAN REQUIRED; PATIENT RIGHT TO |
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REQUEST PHYSICIAN. (a) A facility shall have at least one physician |
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present at the facility at all times while the facility is open to |
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provide health care services to patients. |
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(b) A patient has the right to request that a physician |
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perform all the patient's health care services and to receive |
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health care services from a physician within a reasonable time of |
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the request. |
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Sec. 254.1565. DISCLOSURE OF ON-SITE PHYSICIAN. (a) A |
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facility shall display a poster or other written document that in a |
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clear and conspicuous manner discloses: |
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(1) the name of the physician supervising any health |
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care practitioners who are not physicians and who provide health |
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care services at the facility; |
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(2) the supervising physician's license number; and |
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(3) any board certification held by the supervising |
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physician. |
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(b) A poster or other written document displayed under |
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Subsection (a) must include the statement that any patient may |
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request to see a physician and receive care from a physician within |
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a reasonable time. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |